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Rogue
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Posted on 09-25-08 02:52 PM Link | Quote
I'm really fascinated by this. Sounds like a great idea actually, since for some people it's the oral fixation and the need to blow something out.

Article


Pub uses electronic cigarettes to beat the smoking ban
A Midlands pub is hoping to beat the smoking ban by offering customers "electronic cigarettes."

Pubs around the country have reported a decline in custom since the rules came in July last year, but landlord, Chris Giles of the Butler's Arms in Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham believes he has found the solution.

The new E.cig smokes like a real cigarette and users get a shot of nicotine every time they inhale.

The device even produces a cloud of water vapour with every puff, though causes no harm to smokers.

The Butlers Arms started selling the fake cigarettes at the weekend after seeing them in a trade magazine.

Mr Giles said: "When it's freezing outside and chucking it down with rain it's a good alternative to going outside for a cigarette.

"We built a smoking shelter, but it's just not the same for smokers who have been marginalised by the ban.

"While we are completely supportive of the smoking ban we are still very conscious of the needs of our smoking customers.

"We are in autumn now and winter is not very far away, so these e-cigs have come at the right time."

Mr Giles' daughter, Becky, Assistant Manager at the pub, added: "It's been really successful already, we have had lots of people ringing up and asking about it.

"We've sold about 6 packs and it only went on sale at the weekend.

"I smoke myself and I've started using the electronic cigarettes on a night out.

"I'm not going to use them all the time, because I like being able to nip out for a break!

"They are not only healthier than normal cigarettes but really good value for money.

"They are really just like having a normal fag.

"Luckily we can tell people aren't really trying to light up because they electronic ones are black in colour with a blue light."

The device, which retails at £39.99 for a starter pack, uses a small replaceable cartridge filled with a dose of nicotine.

Users can choose between No nicotine, Low, medium or high nicotine, menthol, strawberry or cherry.

The makers of the product at The Electronic Cigarette Company say the vapour produced is odourless and contains no tar or carbon monoxide, resulting in no risk of passive smoking.

However the company say the E.cigs are just as addictive as the real thing.


Rogue
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Posted on 09-26-08 06:22 PM Link | Quote
I tried to post a video, but it for some reason didn't work.

Seems like the earlier models of e-cigs were rather long and unrealistic.

This "new model" looks more like a typical cigarette. Yeah, it's definitely not real, but still pretty cool if someone wants to try and quit. These also supposedly do far less damage to your body than real cigarettes.

FX

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Posted on 09-26-08 06:32 PM Link | Quote
Cool idea. Don't think e-cig is really an appropriate name, because when something has the "e" affixed in front of it, it means it's something on the internet. Although the "e" literally means "electronic," which these are, I feel the connotation doesn't quite match.

Better than the iCig, I suppose.

...

Although, if you think about it, iCig would be more accurate.
Rogue
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Posted on 09-26-08 06:42 PM Link | Quote
Perhaps iSmoke? Or iSuckButts?
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Posted on 09-27-08 04:30 AM Link | Quote
These things can also be adapted to smoke THC crystals too.

These are a great little idea, and apparently there are flavoured refills too, so people don't have to buy bongs of blunts to smoke a different flavour of tobacco.

And with it being healthier to both the smoker and more so to the surrounding people, if the government bans these because they're 'unsafe', I will shoot the current PM. And I know they will. The PM now sucks.
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